Episode 2 Strictly - It Takes Two

Hello and welcome to Tuesday's show. Who is on the sofa? It was the we

formers of the weekend, Lisa and Robin are here, the cha-cha champs.

They weren't the only ones to pull it out the bag. Sid and Ola are

here. APPLAUSE

Respect. Keeping up the fun and flirtation it's Fern and Artem. And

as if that wasn't enough, Karen will be popping in to re-open

Choreography Corner. This is This is Strictly Come Dancing.

Please welcome your host, Zoe Ball. Hello. Welcome. It might only be

Tuesday, but our celebrities are already feeling the pressure with

the dreaded first elimination around the corner, but don't take

my word for it, let's ask my first guests. On Friday, Fern and Artem's

cha-cha-cha was signed and sealed, but failed to deliver high marks

from the judges. Here's a reminder. I think you have a naturally good

rhythm, but sadly through the Cuban breaks that was a complete disaster.

There was a lot of skirt wafting. You were cheeky all the way and

that's lovely. I didn't want the wafting or flirting. You were going

at it! Well. I'm so glad I got the first disaster of the series. He's

got to get it over and do with. I'm very fond of him, silly, old

sausage. Let's hear it for Fern and Artem.

APPLAUSE Hello. Welcome to your first

programme. Exciting. How was it to be the first one out on Friday

night? Well, in a way a relief, because I was terrified, so add an

extra layer completely numbed me, but in a bad way, probably. Were

you happy to go on first? It's not new for me to go first. I've been

going first and it is terrifying and you did an amazing job for

going out first and really doing a good job. And working it. Anna said,

"Amazing performance. Fern threw herself into it and should get

credit." Thank you. Mixed comments from the judges. Darcy and Bruno

said it was cheeky and flirtatious and Len said too much skirt wafting.

What did you make of that? Perfectly fair. There was skirt

wafting, because I couldn't do hands. Artem said hold on to the

skirt and waft. I thought it was quite effective. That's what I

thought! Obviously so. What did you think, Artem, as her teacher?

nice. I think for the first week it was great. We went and did the cha-

cha. Couple of things went wrong, but look, you did perform and

that's what counts. Yeah! That's it. Is he quite hard on you? She's a

very hard worker, let's put it this way. He's very hard. He's quite

intense. He can be with it. There as been a bit of a theme every year

that we have noticed with Artem in the first series and second. But we

think you're bringing out another side to Artem Chigvintsev.

going to break your hand if you don't do this. I'm going to lose it.

Two, three. No, all right. He's not going to terminate me. How does

that feel? Great. This season the Terminator will have a slight

holiday. Don't be nervous. He puts his arm around me and he gives me a

kiss and you think oh h When she gets it right the Terminator goes

away. It's becoming a new me that is nice and smiley. The sun beams

when he smiles and when it doesn't he's like a little Russian cloud.

You want to kill me. I don't want to kill you. If I did, you'd know!

APPLAUSE You know, I'm nice until there's a

point. Fern's taking over. How is Phil, your lovely husband, coping

with all of this? Brilliantly. He's been fantastic. He's known that

I've been desperate to come and join the show for a long time and

now it's arrived and he, for instance, went shopping yesterday

and the fridge is full of food and while I wasn't there, so all the

things are good. You are doing the Viennese Waltz? We are going to the

cinema. No, that's right. Saturday before that. We are going

to the cinema, but then the Viennese Waltz. How is it going?

I'm preferring it. Is it easier to pick up? Well, yes, sort of. We

have the first couple of hours sorted out then it fell apart. He

knows. Good luck this weekend. I hope Len's very happy with you. I

have a feeling he might be. Give it up for Fern and Artem. Thank you.

APPLAUSE It was only the first week, but

there was already choreography controversy with an illegal left,

forgotten steps and poor posture. Here to offer her ideas is Karen

Karen, welcome to the programme. APPLAUSE

Looking gorgeous as ever. Now, at the weekend we had a double-header,

Friday and Saturday. We should start with Friday. Everybody did a

cha-cha-cha or a waltz. Let's start with Denise and James. Craig said

they saved the best for last with this, but Len said her footwork was

poor. What did you make of it? great thing about this was all that

smoke on the floor, because for everybody at home nobody could see

the feet, but Len, I think what's happening straightaway, he's saying

this young lady is in it for the long run. I want to see everything

exactly right and I'm going straight for the feet. Normally

they don't look at feet, but for Denise he wants the feet right and

everything, because she is here to stay a long time, I believe.

did look very good. Colin and Kristina did the cha-cha-cha and he

was a little bit of a surprise of the night. Len said it was the best

of the night. What was so good? absolutely loved this man. This man

of this stature, he made it his. Look at him relating to the woman.

Facial expressions and energy. Basically, we say to everybody,

especially of that size, if you've got it, move it. That's what he was

doing. There was nothing uncomfortable or lumpy. He had

everything activated and moving. We were all drawn into his dance. I

thought he was brilliant. I think you quite liked him. I did. Michael

and Natalie did the waltz. Michael had a lot of comments about posture.

He's a cricketer. Is it a bat that they use in cricket? He needs to

bring it up? Good thinking. Could be. We always talk about the

professionals how clever they are. Look at the hands. Do you see how

Natalie has core graphed that, to start with his hands behind his

back? That is clever. Holding the hands, they pull the shoulders back

to put them in position, so all he has to do is elevate and in she'll

come. Those little secrets, great by Natalie. He will feel strong to

start. The only thing is as we got a few more seconds further in, it

does start to drop. However, very, very clever. When you are talking

about posture, I go and sit up. elevate. Nicky and Karen did the

waltz and there was a controversial move, night one, would you believe

it, car ensaid it was a squoosh, but it was a lift. What did you

make of that? We lower and we prepare and prepare for what? We

only lower and prepare for a lift. It's a lift! You know what, I think

Nicky was so beaten up by the judges, even I would potentially

turn a blind eye about that. Of course, welcoming our wonderful new

professional on set for the first time. A little slap, we don't want

to see it again. Foor girl, first show. -- poor girl, first show.

think another good contender for a long stay in the show. Let's not

beat them up too early. Victoria and Brendan with the cha-cha-cha.

It wall went a bit wonky. She forgot her steps, but there was a

lot of content. There were some great moves. The great thing about

the cha-cha-cha, it's all about the tease. You see I'm going after you,

you're going after me. Let's play and interact. The content itself

was absolutely brilliant. But the one thing - look at this. When she

melted sadly it all went to pieces. Now, OK, when you're competing you

have got to have a brick wall up in front and you hide all your

emotions, everything behind you. You can't come into this show and

think my cycling days are over I can drop my wall now, I'm free.

Quite the opposite. Another layer has to go up to protect herself and

think Brendan is her psych. It's her and brand an all the way. When

she is out on the floor it's her and him and don't be distracted by

anybody else. Rhythm. Has she got it? Full of it. She's full of

rhythm and artistic interpretation, energy. She has the full package,

but she has to believe. Fern and Artem and their cha-cha-cha. Both

Craig and Len picked up on a few issues with the Cuban breaks.

Explain more. The breaks. We are going to talk later about timings,

but a Cuban break is a step that goes across the body. Can you see?

It's all gone very wrong, because we have slow timings and quick ones.

She gets it right, so it looks beautiful when it's working in

harmony. But why do we have them? Because we have syncopation, which

is fast timings quick, quick, quick. If you're not up with the timings

and you have your slows to a quick slightly wrong, it will all go.

cha-cha-cha is one of the hardest and if you go wrong with the steps

it's like a deck of cards. They all fall down. I think she could be a

dark horse. I want to see Fern do well, so put it behind. Move on.

Let's be our nation's lady back on the floor and come on. We'll talk

more about Saturday later on. Lovely to have you back, Karen.

On Saturday Lisa and Robin caused a stir by dancing their way to the

top of the leaderboard and imagined to impression Craig in the process.

Here's what happened. It was full on, flat out and fun! That was

grand! Big! Beautiful it was entertainment. Three words, darling,

you, can, dance! I love someone who can take risks. That was a great

and amazing end. Well done. I can't believe it! We got the highest

score. LAUGHTER

Please welcome Lisa and Robin. APPLAUSE

Your comments made me laugh. What a result. First show. Look at that.

Are you still on a high? Totally. Can't believe it. People in the

street have been so gorgeous. They really love Robin and it's

fantastic. I never thought that it would get the reaction it did.

was -- I was wondering that. Robin, did you have an idea that Lisa was

that good and you would get that reaction before the show? A lot was

down to the track. That piece of music was infectious and when I

started teaching it to Lisa it was the kind of thing I would like to

do myself and it was all disco and camp and out there. How unlike you?

It was perfect. I was so happy. were. I even shed a little tear.

Never cry on national TV. You did. You have to let it out. Isn't that

the highest score you've ever got? For opening, late into the

competition since I got anything like that. Most of that is down to

Lisa, so I'm -- Stop, I'm welling up now. You've had a real punishing

schedule, because you've been shooting Waterloo Road too. How

have you fitted it in? Robin came up to Scotland, where we are

filming. It was weird, because I do a session in the morning and five

hours filming and then we have an evening session, but in the evening

you were like, "I've got brain freeze." I was thinking about the

dialogue for the next day. How actresses are still doing it. I am

finished. How they carry on, ten hats off, because it's hard to keep

your Strictly brain and acting brain. All that going on and learn

the lines too. You looked like you were having so much fun. Is she a

good student? Does she do as she's told? I've never laughed so much.

With you are learning and working hard, but everything's fun and

there's inyou end does all day. -- inuendos all day. Such fun. Also we

have seen, Lisa, from looking at your training tapes that you like

the hands on approach -- hands-on approach. Fabulous. I don't know

about that. And hand, hand, down the body. Seven, eight. Fabulous!

Do you like that bit? That is the hardest bit of the routine. I would

like to see more aggression. I'm in heaven. I'm not cross! That's it!

love my life! We have also heard that you get a little doggy treat

now and again if you are a good girl, he takes his top off. Yeah,

yeah. That's another thing. It's a chore for me! This every day.

get my lines right, the crew have to take their tops off. Derek!

right. This week, it's the Viennese Waltz. Very different to the cha-

cha and also flirtatious and it's not so it's in hold. I have to be

lady-like. I'm a common northerner and I have to be a lady. It's all

about the appoints and I do like -- poise. I like getting down, but

it's a work in progress. Can you act yourself into the role of some

lady, somebody or other? Audrey Hepburn like how, now brown cow.

Have you got names for the moves? I like the names for the Cheryl Cole?

Any more this week? New one today. It's called the slippio. What do

you call it? The contra check. confident are you about the waltz

at this point in the week? There's a lot of expectation, so we have to

do a good job, but Lisa is like cha-cha, going to a cool wine bar

and Viennese Waltz, going to the library. I've got to get her in the

mode. Brilliant. Nice analogy. Good luck.

APPLAUSE Now, it's time to dissect

Saturday's performances with round two of Choreography Corner. We get

a second helping of Karen. So much to get through. Louis and Flavia

and their cha-cha-cha. Craig said that he was a bit flat-foot the and

a little serious. Would you agree? There's a clip here, where we can

see it is a bit flat. He makes it look heavy. What does that mean? We

are looking for the use of feet, so ball of foot to flat foot. Heels,

toes, so on. You know what, I just think he's got big feet. I think

what he's got to start doing is articulate the feet as though

they're hands, because to be honest he was fantastic, because what they

didn't pick up on, he had one of the best hip actions out there and

lots of presence. I loved it. I can't wait to see the personality

really develop throughout the weeks. Nice tats as well. Just make them

out. Kimberley and Pasha did the cha-cha-cha. Darcy and Bruno said

he needed better hip action. What were your thoughts? The classic

sign is someone doing a good hip action when we look at the legs.

Can you see the legs are bent throughout, so she's doing

everything on bent legs. It's impossible to create the hip action

on bent legs. You have to log one of them out really tight. It's

still week one. I thought she came out opening night and delivered a

spotless dance. It was nice. We need it to be a little more

dangerous to continue through and a bit more fire in it. All in all,

beautiful. Dani and Vincent did the waltz and Craig said she had a

little trouble with spotting. What does he mean? Quite simple. Here's

the classic position here. As she turns away, her eyes are looking

down and it goes all wobbly. When we are turning you have to look

where you're going, so if you look down you are going to end up on the

floor because you'll fall. If I'm going to turn I look out, I look at

where I'm going and that's the direction I'll take and I'll be

much stronger. When we look down we are going to head in that direction.

She has to look out. And up. Show the eyes. Perfect. Can we talk

about my dad? Bless him. I was quite anxious on Saturday night. He

did the cha-cha-cha. Len said there was lots of choreography in there.

How did he cope with it? I thought he was amazing and so too was Iveta,

the professional and a bit of Aliona. They've used the red-

herring effect. Look at the lady, he's presenting her and showing her

off. All the body language is designed, all the steps are

designed to present the lady. We are being distracted towards the

red herring which I love and she looked stunning, but I loved, most

importantly, for all the steps that he had to do, his energy. 74, the

oldest contestant we've ever had, he was hardly out of puff and I've

seen so many more celebrities completely exhausted. I was very

proud of him. So was I. We'll move on. Gerry and Anton did the waltz.

Everybody commented on the posing. What is she getting right? When she

is in the arms of Anton, that's great. Look at the energy as she

moves across. She has a git of speed there. That was probably the

most speed of the entire routine, but what does this tell me? It

tells me when we hit the ballroom she could potentially look very

good. She is in the arms of Anton and together she will be able to

move across that floor. I think she is this divine, gorgeous, glamorous

woman that will look amazing if it can move as well. Richard and Erin

and the waltz. Len said the footwork was the best. Did he mean

at point or ever? -- at this point or ever? I think at this moment in

time. Colin Jackson was great. This is a lovely little chassis into a

fall-away, another and what we saw were the high toes and heel leads

and not the greatest, because footwork in the early days is

difficult. It's the foundation of movement, so as we develop - I can

see you getting misty eyes. As we progress through the weeks this

becomes automatic, so they begin to be able to show off so much more

upstairs and downstairs takes control. Footwork is the foundation

for movement. Thank you very much. APPLAUSE

I'll be chatting to Sid and ollo in a moment, but first a -- Ola in a

moment, but first a gentle reminder of their waltz. I thought great

movement around the floor and fantastic story telling. Well done.

I'm going to love watching you every week. You have got something

very, very special. From Albert Square to Berkley Square. Correct

posture and I was pleasantly surprised. This was very, very good.

Yes! Seven! That was brilliant. That was superb. Amazing. Don't cry.

I'm not crying. You are. Please welcome Sid and Ola. You were

crying. Just a little bit. I did get a little choked up, yeah.

not surprised. Because it was lovely comments, first show, very

nerve racking and I did wobble a little bit at first, just the first

few. You had to walk on your own. Exactly. As soon as I was in her

arms I was safe. Fourth on the leaderboard after week one, you've

got to be happy? Very, very happy. We didn't expect that, did we?

I didn't, not at all. We didn't. Why do you think, because everybody

you talk to has been so surprised? I was sat in the audience. Why do

you think everyone's so surprised you were so good? It takes a lot of

hard work and Ola's a great teacher and hopefully I'm trying to do it

well. A bit of a pain, yeah, but. The honesty now. Great comments

from the judges. Craig said great movement, fantastic story telling.

I nearly cried when I heard him saying that. Darcy says you have

something very special. How did that make you feel inside - warm

glow? Yeah. I couldn't believe it. I was overwhelmed. We were both

very, very surprised with the comments. They've been very harsh

on Friday. I thought we expected for them to be harsh. I thought it

can't get any worse. Friday was awful. Ripped to pieces. Everyone

had bad comments, so we thought we need to get ready. I get bad

comments all day from Ola, so I was prepared. She is just preparing you,

though. It's good, yeah. It's good! Is she hard? Completely. Talk about

trying to build a bit of confidence up and she'll just knock you down

in a second. She did that with just a look? Yeah, exactly. It's

obviously working, whatever she's teaching you. We have noticed that

you have a little bit of trouble keeping away from Ola. Have a look.

When I got ollo initially I thought, wow, this is -- Ola, initially, I

thought, wow, this is a dream. Everyone likes a little bit of Ola.

One, two, good. Beautiful. Now, I sort of want to change. Don't look.

Where are you looking? Stay away from me. Get away, get away.

away from me! Get that away from me get away, get away. Is that me? Get

away from me. You are so close. Stay away. Get away. Where you

looking? Don't look at me. Don't look at me. Where are you looking?

Ola! I say how it is. That's the only thing. I don't mean it bad. I

want him to do well. This week, you are doing the salsa. Are you going

to show it all off? We are working on the hips. How are the hips?

said they were all right. They're OK. Here we go. This is how it

really is. It's like a marriage. What does he need to work on before

Saturday? Everything, steps, posture, partnering. Musicality.

Everything. There is still a long way to go. OK. All right. You'll be

fine, love. I must ask you about how is James, because you sort of

smashed his nose? He's OK. He's been to the doctors and he's been

sorted now. She is just a lethal weapon. I've been waiting 15 years

to do that, so I did it? Good luck with the salsa. Sid and Ola.

APPLAUSE That is it for today. A big thank